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Best Practices by Topic:

Performance Best Practices
General Best Practices
- 🆕 Online help: Use the Performance Decision Tree!
- Blog: Best Practices for Performance
- Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud Optimized View Mode
- Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud Performance Analysis Tool
- Online help: Use the Administration Cockpit
- Whitepaper: Achieving Stellar Analytics Performance in Enterprise-Wide Environments
- Blog: Best Practices for Performance
- Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud Optimized View Mode
- Online help: Optimize Your Story's Performance
SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning (Data Locking, Validation Rules, Data Actions)
- Webinar: Best Practices for SAP Analytics Cloud for planning
- PDF: SAP Analytics Cloud Planning implementations
- Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning: Optimizing Calculations
- KBA 2855559 -Performance issues related to SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning Features and functions
- Blog: Enablement Material for SAP Analytics Cloud Calendar
- Online help: Best Practices for Optimizing Performance During Planning
- Online help: Performance Considerations for Entering Planning Data in Tables
- Online help: Data and Performance for models and versions
- Online help: Optimize Advanced Formulas for Better Performance
Analytics Designer
- Webinar: Best Practices for SAP Analytics Cloud Backend and Analytics Designer Performance
- PDF: Performance best practices from Chapter 14 of Developer Handbook
- Blog: Performance Best Practices for SAP Analytics Cloud, Analytics Designer
- Blog: Practical-step-by-step-guide-to-tuning-analytic-applications-performance
- KBA 2946271 - Performance hints for SAP Analytics Cloud Analytics Designer applications
- Online help: Log Script Performance in Applications in Performance View Popup
- Online help: Best Practices for Performance Optimization in Your Analytic Application Design
Backend & Connectivity
- Webinar: Best Practices for SAP Analytics Cloud Backend and Analytics Designer Performance
- Help: How to enable http/2 to support multiprocessing in SAP Analytics Cloud
- Wiki: SAP Analytics Cloud - HANA Live Connection Best Practices
- Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud – SAP BW live connection best practices
- Blog: BW Live – Connectivity Performance
- Online help: Performance Optimization (Specifics for SAP BW)
Mobile
- KBA 2699872 - How to improve performance in the SAP Analytics Cloud mobile app for iOS
- Blog: 10 Tips for Effective Responsive (mobile) Dashboard Design using SAP Analytics Cloud
Microsoft Excel
- Help: Troubleshooting in Analysis
- Blog: Best Practices for SAP Analytics Cloud CSV and Excel export performance

Troubleshooting
- Webinar: SAP Analytics Cloud Best Practices and Troubleshooting Series
- Blog: Performance best practices and troubleshooting tips for SAP Analytics Cloud
- KBA: 2280022 - How to collect a HTTP archive (HAR) file
- KBA: 2413393 - How to record timelines in Developer Tools in case of SAP Analytics Cloud performance issues
- KBA 2569847 - Where can you find user assistance (help) for SAP Analytics Cloud to use, configure and operate it more effectively
- KBA: 2651014 - Common errors with charts / tables in SAP Analytics Cloud *** Troubleshooting KBA ***
Performance
- Help: Performance Analysis Decision Tree
- Webinar: SAP Analytics Cloud Best Practices and Troubleshooting Series
- KBA 2511489 - Troubleshooting performance issues in SAP Analytics Cloud
- Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud Performance Analysis Tool
- Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud - Performance Statistics and Analysis
SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning
- Webinar: Best Practices for SAP Analytics Cloud for planning – General Troubleshooting
- Blog: Data Action Performance Statistics and Analysis
- Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud Planning and Security Management
- Help: Best Practices tips for Performance
Data Connectivity
- Webinar: Best Practices for SAP Analytics Cloud Backend and Analytics Designer Performance
- Blog: Backend Runtime Analysis and Statistics
- KBA: 2487567 - Troubleshooting SAML assertions when configuring SAML SSO
Import (Acquired) Data
- Blog: Troubleshooting Guide: SAP Analytics Cloud Agent
- KBA: 2630653 - How to Troubleshoot and Trace connections to on-premise / acquired / imported data
- KBA: 2540886 - How to export data from models in SAP Analytics Cloud
Live Data
- Wiki: Live Connection and Security - Best Practices
- Guided Answer: Troubleshooting connectivity issues in SAP Analytics Cloud
- Help: SAP HANA Troubleshooting and Performance Analysis Guide
- Help: HANA - Open Information Views in Performance Analysis Mode
HANA MDS
- KBA 2525191 - How to use SAP HANA MDS tracing with SAP Analytics Cloud
- KBA 2670064 - FAQ: SAP HANA Multi-Dimensional Services (MDS)
- KBA 2550833 - HANA build-in procedure: EXECUTE_MDS
- Note 2691501 - SAP HANA MDS: Information needed by Development Support
SAP Analytics Cloud Analytics Designer / Analytics Applications
- Webinar: Best Practices for SAP Analytics Cloud Backend and Analytics Designer Performance
- KBA: 3112158 - SAP Analytics Cloud, Analytics Designer Survival Guide
SAP Analytics Cloud Administration
- Blog: SAP Analytics Cloud – Administration Cockpit
- KBA 2815108 - SAP Analytics Cloud Best Practices on Security
SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), add-in for Microsoft Office (Excel)
Chrome Developer Tools

Support Best Practices
Support
- Use our Support Assistant to solve your issues faster!
- Webinar: Maximise Your Awareness of Available Resources and Support Offerings to Accelerate Your SAP Analytics Cloud Journey
- Video: Introducing the support assistant and support log assistant!
- Support Launchpad Tips & Tricks
- Support Launchpad & Knowledge Base
- Incident Support Best Practices
- Guided answer: Working with SAP Product Support